Chapter 386 - 249: Command Authority, Mind Network

Chapter 386: Chapter 249: Command Authority, Mind Network

Once the selection was made, the mini-program sent the results to Ye Shuping.

The old man needed to make detailed adjustments based on Yu Fei’s choices.

Awakening the abilities of the five senses required a significant investment of special, precious resources. These would activate his latent abilities and form a Divine Power seed, which was the only way to proceed to the next stage of cultivation.

The subsequent enhancements would also require a massive investment of resources.

The medium and sequence required to awaken each ability were different, and only the Seven Greats had the extensive experience and capability to help their prodigy students complete this step.

Centuries of experiments with vast amounts of sample data had made this step relatively easy.

In less than three days, the relevant plan and the processed mediums were delivered to him, accompanied by a bill.

Hmm... not too expensive. After a discount, it was only about 12 million merit points.

An average prodigy student could have done it for about a million points, but Yu Fei required a much larger quantity of even more precious materials, so the price was far from cheap.

Yu Fei didn’t have much money on hand. He earned a lot, but he also spent it incredibly fast.

So, for the first time, he borrowed a sum from the school through Mr. Ye.

When the loan form arrived, Yu Fei gave it a glance. ’Damn,’ he thought, ’a monthly interest of 100,000, and it starts accruing from the day I receive the cultivation mediums.’

He then tossed the form aside. With the Golden Stone Gang Realm in his possession, Yu Fei could afford to be brazen. He had a portable dimension; all he had to do was go inside and dig up a few rocks, and a pittance of merit points like this was nothing.

With everything prepared, Yu Fei plunged into a frenzy of cultivation. He couldn’t stop practicing his fundamental Cultivation Technique, his Body Refining progressed on schedule, and with the aid of the Void Clearing Mirror, his Swordsmanship practice advanced by leaps and bounds, like a tiger that had grown wings. On top of all that, there were still numerous sensory Secret Techniques to cultivate.

During his cultivation, Yu Fei discovered another major benefit of the Void Clearing Mirror. Normally, after training for so long, he would inevitably feel a great deal of loneliness, despondence, and other negative emotions.

But with the aid of the Void Clearing Mirror, his mind remained perfectly serene, without the slightest ripple. This didn’t mean it turned him into an emotionless machine; it simply removed all distracting thoughts, allowing him to maintain a lasting, deep focus.

With abundant resources, a clear direction, and relentless training, time flew by. In the blink of an eye, it was April.

During this time, Feng Hua had taken the Yulin Army to another battlefield for training, but Yu Fei had requested leave through Ye Shuping and did not participate.

For group activities that were mandatory like a military order, Yu Fei needed Ye Shuping’s explicit approval to be excused.

With someone secretly watching over them, the lives of the Yulin Army members were never in any real danger.

「Inside the training grounds」

Yu Fei sat cross-legged. In his transcendent vision, he devoured and refined countless torrents of primordial energy. A sound like a rising tide emanated from within his body, surging endlessly like a raging sea.

Suddenly, Yu Fei’s eyes snapped open, emitting a soul-stirring golden glint. His gaze was just like that of an ancient, ferocious beast.

"Just a little more..."

Yu Fei sighed inwardly. After nearly three months of secluded cultivation, he had accomplished almost all of his goals.

With the help of massive resources, his Melt Gold Jade Body Skill had already reached the stage of grand completion. Having come this far, however, he didn’t dare to continue practicing it.

This was because any further progress required his internal Yang Fire to advance to the next stage before he could continue refining the skill’s gold-jade properties. When he looked inward, his azure Yang Fire was only four feet high, a long way from the nine feet required for a breakthrough.

He had also mastered all the sensory Secret Techniques. Aided by 12 million merit points’ worth of resources, he had pushed them to the absolute limit of what his current Spiritual Power could sustain.

His practice of the swordsmanship catalog was also more than halfway complete. He had to admit, the Void Clearing Mirror was an immense help in deducing the intricacies of Swordsmanship.

His only regret was that his Inner Qi Realm had not yet broken through to the level of Infinite Ruins.

His Qi Sea was simply too vast and still wasn’t full. Three months of non-stop cultivation had only managed to fill it to ninety percent capacity.

According to news in the main group chat, some people had already started breaking through to the Divine Intent Realm.

The master and Zhang Xunyi, for example, were two of them.

After a full year of refinement, their foundations and Cultivation Technique progress were quite solid. The only thing that had held them back was the time spent cultivating their Spiritual Secret Techniques. They must have just completed the initial stage of their sensory Secret Techniques, which was why they were now rushing to advance to the Fifth Realm.

Yu Fei had a feeling that a wave of breakthroughs to the Fifth Realm was about to begin. ’I might be falling behind again,’ he thought.

"Master, you have a specially marked message!"

At some point, an aloof, rainbow-colored cat had walked up to him and spoken casually.

Yu Fei was unfazed. This eccentrically-styled cat had the cockiest attitude and appeared the least often.

[Junior Brother, the operation to take down the Half-Mountain Black Market is scheduled for April 25th. You in?]

’So that’s what this is about.’ So much time had passed in a blur. He still remembered what he’d seen and heard at the black market.

"Perfect. Now that my skills have greatly improved, I can use those disgusting bastards for some practice!"

’April 25th? That’s in three days. To be on the safe side, I should start heading over early.’

Yu Fei replied immediately.

[Got it.]

With a wave of his hand, he stored Zhan Ming in his personal dimension. After notifying Ye Shuping through his personal terminal, Yu Fei prepared to depart.

After receiving Yu Fei’s message, Ye Shuping pondered for a moment before dialing a secure communication line.

"Protect him. Do not reveal yourself unless it is a matter of life and death. If a true crisis arises, rescue him and retreat."

Ye Shuping had his own agenda. ’Tang Lihui isn’t suited to be Yu Fei’s guardian,’ he thought. ’Only by experiencing true despair will Yu Fei feel a pain that cuts to the bone. Only then will he develop the desire to change the world.’

’A kid with this much talent can’t be allowed to just follow his whims.’

Yu Fei set out early, meeting up with Taolang a full day ahead of schedule.